THE OTIS ART INSTITUTE
ORIGIN AND ORGANIZATION
Prior to his death in 1917, General Harrison
Gray Otis, the distinguished proprietor of the
Los Angeles Times, presented to Los Angeles
County is magnificent residence property
known as the "Bivouac," situated on Wilshire
Boulevard facing Westlake Park, to be used
ever after for the advancement of Art in the
West.
The development and direction of the Institute was placed by the Board of Supervisors under the management of the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles Museum of History,
Science and Art, located in Exposition Park.
Under their supervision the spacious residence
property has been transformed into one of
the largest and best equipped Art Schools west
of Chicago. With a competent corps of instructors, the Institute is now giving sound technical training in the various branches of the
Fine and Applied Arts to a large body of
students.
CLASSES—TERMS
The Summer Out of Door Session of the
Otis Art Institute, which tforms the fourth
quarterly term of the year's work in the school,
will open on Monday, July 9th, and close on Friday afternoon, August 31st.
This quarter term of the year's instruction at
the Institute affords all those who are unable
to attend the regular session of the school an
opportunity for eight weeks of intensive art
study. It also provides opportunity for all
pupils taking the regular work in the school to
utilize their time during the summer months,
receiving credit for one term's work in completing the regular courses offered by the Institute. All classes, as far as possible, will be held
in the open air. Public school teachers and art
teachers will thus be enabled to coach on drawing and painting from the figure and landscape.
Beginners and school children may also have
the advantage of the instruction of a standard
art school. The regular staff and standards of
work of the school are retained for the Out of
Door Session.
An exhibition of student work -will be held
at the end of the course.
Instruction is offered in Elementary Drawing;
Still Life Painting; Drawing and Painting from
Life and the Costumed Figure posed out of
doors; Landscape Painting; Illustration; Commercial Design; Decorative Design; and Sculpture. In addition there will be Quick Sketch
classes and talks on Anatomy, Composition and
Perspective.
Evening classes will be maintained throughout the term.
